From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V6 #162 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Wednesday, September 13 2006 Volume 06 : Number 162 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [chakram-refugees] LL's singing experience/OS: Celebrity Duets [cr Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] LL's singing experience/OS: Celebrity Duets On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:34, you wrote: > On Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 07:28:26 +1200, cr wrote: > >Oh. Barry Manilow. Of course. NO comment. 8-{ > > --NOT to turn this into a Manilow list, BUT: 75-million records sold, > nearly 4 decades of successful performing, and 2 Emmys, 1 Tony, 1 Grammy > (not to mention *menny* Grammy nominations for his own records and the > records he produced for others), 25 consecutive Top 40 hits, over 40 > albums, and performing for over 250,000 fans in 23 cities on his last > tour in 2004, and a long-term contract at the LV Hilton through 2008, > CAN'T be wrong. ;=P Hmmm, wonder how many Milli Vanilli sold....? "One man's meat is another man's poison". Or to put it quite plainly - to you, comparing Lucy's acting to Barry's singing is doubtless a compliment to Lucy. To me, it's the exact opposite. No exaggeration. I think that's enough on the subject ;) > >I'd disagree. I think Lucy's singing is, at least, very good, and > >extremely pleasant to listen to. She's glorious in Bitter Suite. > > --Well, I'd disagree, too. I think LL can sing to a certain extent, but > that's not her forte. Goes back to "Is she a professional singer?" and > I'd say she's not. > > We also have to remember in the studio, there are a variety of electronic > "patches" that can be made when someone's not loud enough or doesn't have > the right "oomph". Who knows what was done on Bitter Suite? I know it > wasn't "live" singing, though, as she's doing on Celebrity Duets. And those electronic patches don't get made to every professional singers' recordings? Like for example Barry Manilow's 40 albums? I think otherwise. :) cr ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V6 #162 **************************************